39 Facts About Vania King

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Vania King was born on February 3,1989 and is a retired American tennis player.

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Vania King won a total of 15 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No 3 in the world.

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Vania King ended runner-up in the mixed-doubles final at the French Open in 2009, with Marcelo Melo.

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In singles, Vania King has been ranked as high as No 50 in the world.

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Vania King progressed as far as the third round in Grand Slam tournaments, doing so on four occasions.

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Vania King's parents moved to the United States from Taiwan in 1982.

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Vania King's brother Phillip was a two-time All-American at Duke University and two-time US junior champion.

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Vania King is a graduate of Long Beach Poly High School in California.

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In 2006, Vania King won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Bangkok Open, a Tier-III tournament where she defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn in the final.

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Vania King lost in the second round of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships to No 15, Flavia Pennetta.

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Vania King played in the ladies' doubles with Anna-Lena Gronefeld, losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champions Venus and Serena Williams.

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At the US Open, Vania King was granted a wildcard and had her best singles Grand Slam performance.

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Vania King was defeated in the third round by world No 22, Daniela Hantuchova.

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Vania King began the year ranked No 80 in the world at the Brisbane International.

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Vania King reached the second round of the singles tournament, losing to Andrea Petkovic.

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At the Australian Open, Vania King lost in the second round to Roberta Vinci.

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Vania King entered the singles draw seeded seventh and lost in the second round to Sofia Arvidsson.

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At the Indian Wells Open, Vania King lost in the second round to No 2, Caroline Wozniacki.

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Vania King fared better in the Miami Open later that month.

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Vania King partnered with Julie Coin and reached the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament, before losing to third seeds Petrova and Samantha Stosur, who went on to become the runners-up.

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At the Madrid Open, Vania King paired with Chuang Chia-jung for the first time for the doubles tournament.

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In singles, Vania King lost in the first round to Karolina Sprem.

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In singles, Vania King defeated second seed Elena Vesnina in the first round and reached the semifinals, falling there to Kristina Barrois.

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Vania King entered the mixed-doubles tournament with Christopher Kas, reaching the semifinals, before falling to Shvedova and Julian Knowle.

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At Wimbledon, Vania King won the ladies' doubles title in straight sets with Yaroslava Shvedova.

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Vania King made it to the finals of five other WTA tournaments in the course of the year, one in Monterrey with Gronefeld and in Rome, Cincinnati, Osaka, and Moscow with Shvedova.

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Vania King reached the third round of the Australian Open at the start of the year, losing to Ana Ivanovic.

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Vania King had defeated Kateryna Bondarenko in the first round.

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In singles action, Vania King lost in the Guangzhou final to Zhang Shuai.

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Vania King lost in the second round of the French Open and in the first round of the other three Slans.

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In doubles, Vania King made the second round at the Australian Open partnering Galina Voskoboeva.

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Vania King partnered with Barbora Strycova in Florianopolis, and they made it to the semifinals before being defeated by Medina Garrigues and Shvedova.

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Vania King was eliminated in the first round in Indian Wells, and the second round in Miami, but made it to the final in Bogota, partnering Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa.

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Vania King had some success in the late summer, making the quarterfinals in Washington, partnering Taylor Townsend, and the third round at the US Open, partnering Lisa Raymond.

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Vania King made a first-round exit at the Australian Open at the hands of Carla Suarez Navarro.

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Vania King went down in the first round in both Roland Garros and Wimbledon, but she did make the quarterfinals in Washington, DC.

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Vania King missed the first three majors of 2015 due to injury.

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Vania King lost in the first round of singles and the second round of doubles there in Flushing.

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Vania King reunited with the doubles partner with whom she had had the most success, Yaroslava Shvedova.